Posts Tagged ‘Phinney Ridge’
Trick-or-Treat!
All of Seattle’s best trick-or-treating options, here in one place: Fremont Annual Trick-or-Treat Oct. 31 (3 p.m. – 6 p.m.) University Village Trick-or-Treat Oct. 31 (4 – 6 p.m.) Montlake Fall Festival Oct. 30 (5:00 – 7:30 p.m.) Magnolia Lil Spooky Things Oct. 31 (11 a.m. – 1 p.m.) Magnolia Trick-or-Treat…
Read MoreWhat does your zip code say about you?
Age? Check. Income? Check. Neighborhood? Check. Overall lifestyle? Check. It’s creepy, but once you get past the creepiness, it’s actually a useful tool for house-hunting and neighborhood-shopping, and, in a spying-on-the-Jonses way… it’s fun. Esri released an interactive map that analyzes your zip code information. You can zoom into Seattle and see…
Read MoreSeattle Restaurant Week: REGals’ Picks
Mark your calendars and make your reservations—it’s almost Seattle Restaurant Week! “Dine out and celebrate the fall run of Seattle Restaurant Week, October 19-23 and 26-30. More than 170 local restaurants are serving up three-course dinners for just $30—and many of them are offering two-course lunches for $15. **Price is per person and does…
Read MoreBeat the Seattle Commute
The commute, the dreaded commute! Bumper-to-bumper for miles, moving down I-5 slower than you backed out of your driveway. Wait, wait, wait—move forward ten feet and wait some more. Watch the minutes pile up. You should think about this when you pick a house. Map potential routes and test them. Imagine driving from that potential…
Read MoreOf Parks and Pianos
Seattle is known for many things. Music, coffee, rain. Good scenery and great parks. And this summer, you can combine all of it. How? Pianos in the Parks. From July 17 to August 17, twenty pianos will occupy twenty King County parks. Anyone can play them. It doesn’t matter if you’re tone-deaf or classically trained,…
Read MoreThe Guy Who Single-Handedly Made Phinney Ridge
Before Guy Carleton Phinney (1851-1893) came to Seattle, the land west of Green Lake was wilderness. You might have found a few homesteaders there, but the rest was dense forest and wild animals. Hinterlands. In 1879, the entire 4 square miles around Green Lake could claim only a few hundred residents. Now, the neighborhood of…
Read MoreGals in the Neighborhood: 5 Summer Yoga Opportunities–Free!
New to Seattle? Try yoga. Looking for a community? Try yoga. Want to get healthier? Try yoga. It’s Seattle’s thing—or rather, one of Seattle’s many things, because our city has a lot going for it. According to Forbes, Seattle ranks as the #2 yoga city in America. Seattle-area residents are 46% more likely to do…
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